diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-secure.c b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-secure.c
index 523e2ccccd..75152dc2c4 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-secure.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-secure.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-secure.c,v 1.124 2009/04/24 09:43:10 mha Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-secure.c,v 1.125 2009/05/03 17:16:58 tgl Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *
@@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ initialize_SSL(PGconn *conn)
 		{
 			printfPQExpBuffer(&conn->errorMessage,
 							  libpq_gettext("root certificate file \"%s\" does not exist\n"
-							  "Either supply the file or set sslverify to \"none\" to disable server certificate verification.\n"), fnbuf);
+							  "Either provide the file or change sslmode to disable server certificate verification.\n"), fnbuf);
 			return -1;
 		}
 	}